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(See Arabs.) 66 dog" Mopses, The: A secret association imported into Germany, which celebrated the rites of the gnostic Sabbath. It replaced the Kabalistic "goat" by the Hermetic as an object of worship. The candidate for the order was brought into the circle of adepts with the eyes bandaged in the midst of a great uproar, and after saluting the idol was initiated. The sign of recognition was a grimace. Tho whole doctrine of the society was that of black magic. The Mopses recruited only among Catholics, and for the oath at reception they substituted a solemn engagement on honour to reveal no secrets of the order, the practices of which much resembled the Sabbath of mediæval sorcerers. Morelle, Paolo : (See Italy.) Morgan, Professor De: (See Spiritualism.) Morgan le Fay: Sister of Arthur and wife of King Urien of Gore. Arthur gave into her keeping the scabbard of his sword Excalibur, but she gave it to Sir Accolon whom she loved and had a forged scabbard made. Arthur, however, recovered the real sheath, but was again deceived by her. She figures as a Queen of the Land of Faerie and as such appears in French and Italian romance. It was she who, on one occasion, threw Excalibur into a lake. She usually presents her favourites with a ring and retains them by her side as does Venus in Tannhaüser. Her myth is a parallel of that of Eos and Tithonus and is probably derived from a sun and dawn myth.